Update Plans - New Year of Knights!

[YCG]

Hello there, all! Let's talk about future updates!

Shovel Knight 1.0 is the complete adventure of Shovel Knight! It's a full game from start to finish -- and represents our original hopes and dreams for the adventure (and then some).

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (version 2.0) introduced a new explosive campaign and playable character with Plague Knight as well as Challenge Mode! For more about Plague of Shadows check out this page[yachtclubgames.com].

Thanks to all of the support the game has received during the original Shovel Knight Kickstarter and onward, we have a few more remaining additions planned for the project! Much like Plague of Shadows these will be free updates rolled into the main game.

The Updated Update Chart

Let's check the chart! Green, check marked items are completed goals that are already found in the game. The rest are what we have lined up for us moving forward over this next year.

Shovel Knight Stretch Goal (image)[yachtclubgames.com]

Those three Playable Boss Knights were opened up to a poll from our backers. The winners were...
Winners! (image)[s3.amazonaws.com]
1) Specter Knight
2) Plague Knight
3) King Knight

The Road Ahead!

This means we have the following big features arriving in the future!

Specter Knight’s Campaign – A full campaign starring the shadowy scythe spinner! (WIP Illustration Image)[yachtclubgames.com]
King Knight’s Campaign – A crazy campaign with the gilded goob himself!
Battle Mode – Duel with up to 4 players as your favorite heroic or villainous knight!
Body Swap Mode – Did you ever wish Shovel Knight was a lady, or Shield Knight was a dude? Well, now you’ll be able to change them all around, along with the rest of the cast!

New Adventures Await!

So that's the status on Shovel Knight! We're still in various phases of design and iteration for these additions and so don't yet have an estimated release date. Like Plague & Challenge Mode, some of these features might also arrive alongside one another. We want these to be surprising, fun, and meaningful new additions to the game! We’re finishing up pre production now- creating, designing, pixeling, and programming all of the details. As you may know already, we like to take our time to make sure everything is perfect, so no release windows to announce for a while! But it will be worth it, just like with Plague of Shadows[yachtclubgames.com]!

If you’d like to follow along and see the magic made pixel by pixel, then stop on by our Twitch[www.twitch.tv] channel to see development happen in real time! It might go without saying but beware of spoilers.

Of course, we're continuing to updating the game in ways not specifically mentioned in the Stretch Goals. Bug fixes, performance improvements, support, and so on. However, this remains our major map moving forward. If you have any feedback, questions, suggestions, or ideas -- just let us know!

Thanks again for playing, everyone!

[renamon~]

when is the next dlc comeing out?

[Gonna_Fly]

Originally posted by Sophia~:

when is the next dlc comeing out?

You’ll be able to download the update in April (the exact release date will vary based on platform). We’ll be sure to share any conclusive release dates here!
Source : Yatch Club Games official website.

[OneJLimit]

I can dig it. Once the new campaign comes out, I'll replay Plague campaign, get Checkpointless on that, and then move into the new.

Not sure about playing through all of them without falling in a pit or dying, but Checkpointless is assured.

[Akumala]

Absolutely awesome how you respect your customers!

Two quality-of-life improvements i still hope to see in the future:

1) Add the information to each level on the world-map, how many songs of how many maximum songs we have discovered.

2) Let us freely switch between all armor-upgrades we have purchased.


Other than that, awesome work, will happyly support you with every new project you'll release!

[godfather101]

One question in regards to the Dlc/updates:
Will all these things also come to GoG?

As i own shovelknight on GoG it would be good to know if you plan on updating the game still on GoG and will release the planned Dlcs there too, or if you abandoned GoG?

Thanks for the answer.

[Ian]

Originally posted by Blue_Lotus:

Absolutely awesome how you respect your customers!

Two quality-of-life improvements i still hope to see in the future:

1) Add the information to each level on the world-map, how many songs of how many maximum songs we have discovered.

2) Let us freely switch between all armor-upgrades we have purchased.


Other than that, awesome work, will happyly support you with every new project you'll release!

Thanks for playing and for sharing your thoughts!

1) This info is available on the world map! Press the inventory button when standing over a stage, and it will display filled in/translucent song scrolls in the bottom right. For SK's campaign, it requires that you clear the final stage first.

2) You can switch for free by returning to the armor outpost. However, it's intentional that you cannot change your armor in the middle of a stage in Shovel Knight.

Originally posted by godfather101:

One question in regards to the Dlc/updates:
Will all these things also come to GoG?

As i own shovelknight on GoG it would be good to know if you plan on updating the game still on GoG and will release the planned Dlcs there too, or if you abandoned GoG?

Thanks for the answer.

Plague of Shadows arrived as an update on GoG.com right when it arrived here. We'll be sure to do the same with Specter of Torment!

[godfather101]

Thanks for the answer.
Keep up the good work.

[ThePenguin]

If I buy this is a gift and store in my inventory will that still activate as treasure trove later?

[Ian]

Originally posted by ThePenguin:

If I buy this is a gift and store in my inventory will that still activate as treasure trove later?

Yes! We'll be adding Specter of Torment as a version update (much like a bug fix), so there's nothing you need to claim/download/redeem before the update happens.

[野暮ったい乞食野良猫]

Any updates with regards to the Japanese localization? It's been a minute.

[Local Nerd]

Thx GOD

[*Yuki*]

https://www.gog.com/news/last_chance_grab_shovel_knight_33_off

Starting tomorrow, March 3rd, the game will be getting a permanent price increase. This will better reflect the free content that the game has received since its release, as well as the upcoming free update that will be added to it later this spring.
Existing owners of the game will not be affected by the price change.

Not sure, if its still correct to call updates "free", after price change (Not to complain - just sayin, that, coz newcomers will need to pay more, it looks more like "bundle with dlcs", than "free update").

[sh]

wow, never seen such a cool game dev. love it!

[OneJLimit]

Originally posted by *Yuki*:

https://www.gog.com/news/last_chance_grab_shovel_knight_33_off

Starting tomorrow, March 3rd, the game will be getting a permanent price increase. This will better reflect the free content that the game has received since its release, as well as the upcoming free update that will be added to it later this spring.
Existing owners of the game will not be affected by the price change.

Not sure, if its still correct to call updates "free", after price change (Not to complain - just sayin, that, coz newcomers will need to pay more, it looks more like "bundle with dlcs", than "free update").

Well it's a free update for whoever has it, so that's not wrong. When it comes to the price change, that's for new people getting it and I'm fine with that. As of now, there's two game modes, with two more on the way. I think that warrants a price increase for whoever is late to the party.

[*Yuki*]

still - it increases price for newcomers, so - its not clearly free. More like "free dlcs for exists owners, but newfаgs will need to buy whole bundle, ever if they just want to own base game"